Universität zu Köln

Albers, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-6533-7550, Wohlgezogen, Franz and Zajac, Edward J. (2016). Strategic Alliance Structures: An Organization Design Perspective. J. Manag., 42 (3). S. 582 - 615. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1557-1211

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Abstract

While strategic alliances have emerged in recent years as common and important structural vehicles for business development, surprisingly little is known about how collaborative activities are organized and administered within these governance structures. We see classic organizational scholarship as useful insofar as it both provides clear classifications that distinguish alternative intraorganizational designs and explicates how they affect the inner workings of organizations. Existing alliance classification schemes based on type of collaborative activity, partner characteristics, or legal structure, on the other hand, rarely delineate important differences of how collaborative work is organized among partners. We seek to redress this shortcoming by developing a framework of alliance structural parameters based on classic organizational design considerations. Specifically we identify and discuss five key design parameters for alliances: the structural interface between partners, the structural intraface within partners, and the specialization, formalization, and centralization of the alliance organization. We show how consideration of these five parameters provides a deeper understanding of alliance governance and suggest how partner organizations can achieve differential levels of connectivity and steering for their collaborative ventures.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Albers, Sascha UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6533-7550 UNSPECIFIED Wohlgezogen, Franz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zajac, Edward J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-283476
DOI:	10.1177/0149206313488209
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Manag.
Volume:	42
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 582 - 615
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1557-1211
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES; INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; TRANSACTION COST; CONCEPTUAL-FRAMEWORK; INTERFIRM NETWORKS; DECISION-MAKING; COORDINATION Multiple languages Business; Psychology, Applied; Management Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28347